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backcasting

backcasting is the present participle and gerund of backcast.

Meaning of backcast

Verb

backcast (third-person singular simple present backcasts, present participle backcasting, simple past and past participle backcast or (common, but sometimes proscribed) backcasted)

  1. To identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future.
  2. (UK, dialectal) To change retrospectively; reverse.

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Questions about backcasting

What is backcasting the present participle and gerund of?
Backcasting is the present participle and gerund of backcast.

Words near backcasting in the dictionary

  1. backcard
  2. backcards
  3. backcare
  4. backcast
  5. backcasted
  6. backcasting
  7. backcasts
  8. backchain
  9. backchained
  10. backchaining
  11. backchains

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